Expert Advice

You’re a Placentophage When Eating Placenta Sounds Good

Are you a placentophage? If you want to smother your placenta in grilled onions or chew it raw, you’re among a growing group of placentophagy[1] fans. Eating placenta (placentophagy) seems perfectly normal to some people and out of this world gross to others.

Celebrities like Tamara Mowry, Alicia Silverstone, and January Jones[2] announced they were planning on eating placenta, or took it. And they swear by its powers.

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